That's a good idea. I think some blog-publishing frameworks do that, or something similar (though often with a framework of days rather than hours). But it ought to be easy to add to the LJ system :)

I assumed it went without saying that most people had no idea, but would hesitantly guess that, if they were forced by circumstance to pick one or the other, the one they chose was marginally less unpalatable :)

But I guess maybe some people were more certain. Maybe polls should automatically come with the ability to indicate how certain you are about an answer if you want to :)

the error would still occur to you ten minutes after publication.